Coin-register.



No. 885,610. PATHN Enma. 2l, 1908 F. E. @BARBER @E G. T. BNTRmNw" GGIN REGISTER.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 26.1906.

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COIN REGISTER. APPLICATION FILED (TUNE 25,1906.

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ATTORN EY :1G c n u chines,'and has for its oh]ect to provide an exumiran lsrarns Parleur OFFICE.

FREDERICK R. GRAEBER AND CLARENCE-T. ENTRIKIN, OFl PHILA'DFT UH'IA. PENNSYLVANIA.

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I "Speciflcation of Letters Patent.

Application led June 26,

Patented April 21, 1909 isos. 'semi No. 323,426.

county of Philadelphia, and. State of IPennesylvania, have invented a 'certain new and 'useful lm rovement in Coin-Registers, `of

which the ollowing is a specification. t Qur invention relateslto a new and useful improvement in coin registers for slot maceedingl simple and effective mechanism hy which t e various denominations of coins when inserted in the slot machine, suoli as pay station telephone boxes, will be re istered and the total amount given upon a ial or series of dials so as to act a' check. u on the collector of the money, thus avoiding oss to the company owning or operating the machine, which loss in the past has been considerable. t l

'Vith these 'ends in view, this invention consists in the details of construction and combination of elements hereinafter set forth and then specifically designated by the v claims.

ln order that those skilled. inthe art to `which this invention.a pertains may understand how to make an use the same, we will describe its construction in detail referring by letterto the accompanying-drawing form'- ina part of this specification, in Which ifrure 1 its-a perspective of a pay ystation teiepllione box with our improvementlapplied thereto; Fig. 2, a detail view of the registering mechanism; Fig-3, an enlargeds'ection of the upper portion of the telephone box showing the re istering mechanism in elevation; Fig. 4, a etail section at the line X-X of Fig. 2, and Fig. 5, a detail section at the line Y-Y of Fig. 2.

ln carrying out our invention as here ein-fr bodied A represents af ay station telephone .box or'any otherlsuitab e casing of a coin con troiled apparatus, and within the upper por tion of this box are located the chutes B their upper ends bein connected with the coin slots C which may e of any number co1'- responding to the various denominations of com intended 'to be used for the operation of the apparatus. The/se chutes run doWnward at an angle', each of which is of the cross section shown in Fig. lghaving only the small flanges B forsiipporting the coin in its downward travelso t at should the coin he of less diameter than intended for this particular chute it will drop therefrom be# fore reaching its destination.

Breweries of forked levers rigidly secured upon the operating shaft E and each of these levers is forked and of the cross section shown in Fig. 5, and when in their normal'p'sition each of these levers lie in alinement with. theicorresponding chutes so that when the coin passes down one of these chutes it will pass into the forked portion of the lever corresponding with its chute and there remain until the o erating shaft is manipul,lated to force-the ever forward against the action of the lspringF and for the purpose of operating this shaft the ordinary actuatin L lever G 1s secured to the-outer end thereo When our im rovement is applied to a telephone box it siiould be connected with the usual mechanism for turning in the signal to the central office thatthe coin has been deposited, but as this mechanism is not art of our present improvement we have not eerned it necessary to show or. describe it in connection with our invention. i l l H is a stationary shaft'set in the casing and having loosely mounted thereon a .series of skeleton wheels I, but one of which is here shown, and this skeleton wheel consists of the spokes or arms I which during their revolution )ass in lclose proximity to one of the forked evers D. Upon the huh of the skeleton wheel I is secured a one tooth pinion J ada ted to mesh with the ten tooth gear L, the atter carrying the dial disk M an also a one tooth pinion. N which meshes with the ten tooth earO, the latter carryingthe dial disk Q. .he hub of the skeleton wheel I also Vcarries the dial disk P and as these disks have lto 9 it fol ows that when the skeleton wheel /is moved one spoke the registerin mechai ism chainwill be iikewis'e move one step 'thus registering from 1 to 999. I

R is a latch lever the u per end of which is ada ted toengage with t ie outer ends of the spo 'es of the skeleton Wheel, and this lever is pivoted at Sto the plate spring T, the latter having a hammer U u on its outer end adapted to strike the bell '(iivhen the s ring is drawn* upward and permitted to fly ownward. Thus when the skeleton wheel is relvolved the spoke with which the latch lever `R is in engagement will draw this lever up4 upon the eriphery thereof numbers from 0 95 .A coin being inserted in one ol the slots C will travel down the chute until entering the forked portion of the lever D, and as the operator draws the lever G forward the forked lever will be moved toward the skeleton Wheel, and the coin contained therein will come in contact with one of the spokes of said wheel revolving this wheel one step or until the coin has passed beyond the spoke and drops from the forked lever into the spout X by which it will be conve ed to the coin receptacle. This movement o the skeleton wheel by the coin will produce the proper registration as before described, it being understood that there is a registering mechanism for each denomination of coin to be used in the operation of the a paratus. The releasing of the lever G wil permit it and the forked levers to be returned to their normal position in aline'ment with the chutes by the action of the s )ring F.

We prefer that a cover Y be so hinged to the casing as to close over the exposed numbers upon the registering disks, Which cover may be located so as to prevent the collector trom determmmg the amount of moneyr registered thus conipelling him to make an ac-A curate account either of moneys collected from the apparatus or action of the check held upon' him by the registering mechanism.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new and useful, is

1. In combination a coin chute, a lever adapted to receive 'a coin from the coin chute, means for operating said lever, a wheel adapted to be operated by said lever when containing a coin, a registering mechanism connected with the wheel forl registering the number of coins deposited, a bell, a spring actuated hammer, -and means connected with said hammer for locking the wheel against accidental rotation and for actuating the hammer, as specilied.

2. In combination, a series of chutes for .guiding coins, a series of forked levers secured upon t e actuating shaft, said forked levers lying in alinement with the chutes where the coins Will pass from the chutes to the forked levers, a skeleton wheel adapted to be actu ated by the coin contained in either of the forked levers when the actuating shaft is operated, a train of registering mechanism connected with each of the skeleton wheelsfor registering the number of coins assed through each slot, and a bell mechanism adapted to be operated by each of the skeleton Wheels, as and'for the pur ose set forth.

In testimony Wliereof, we have hereunto aixed our signatures in the presence ol two subscribing Witnesses.

FREDERICK R. GRAEBER. CLARENCE T. ENTRIKIN. Witnesses:4

FRANCIS A. PooooK, S. M. GALLAGHER. 

